Sit together and read… Oh, and discuss the print to help with spelling.
I remember discovering the joys of storybooks in the 1970’s, as Grandpa Elf and I would sit in the dappled shade of the trees, reading story after story set in the woodland. For human children, tucked...
View ArticleImpact of School-Wide Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports
The impact of poor behaviour in schools can have wide-ranging detrimental affects on learning, wellbeing and social development. School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS or...
View ArticleHow susceptible are you to ‘neuromyths’? Take the quiz and test your science...
Once you are given your score, please leave a comment (and your score, if you are brave enough!) in the box at the bottom of this page. Good luck! My blog next week will discuss this topic, with a more...
View ArticleScience or Pseudo Science? Prevalence of Neuromyths in Education
You will be delighted to hear that improving your cognitive ability has never been simpler! You can carry out some easy, but highly effective, exercises to activate your brain, improve communication...
View ArticleOnly phonics instruction is proven effective for treating reading disability,...
Reading instruction was once a topic guaranteed to ignite passionate debate among teachers, mostly between proponents of phonics instruction and supporters of whole-language approaches. Although this...
View ArticleHealth Promoting Schools can improve some areas of health, but more research...
My grandfather had a nearly religious conviction of the value of physical activity. No weekend was complete without a strenuous bout of outdoor exercise, regardless of the weather. New England gets...
View ArticleImplementing research evidence in schools: senior leaders and teachers –...
It's Spring! Pooky Knightsmith coaxes the Education Elf out of hibernation with a new blog about the recent Education Endowment Foundation report: Putting evidence to work - a school’s guide to...
View ArticleLesson observations have no impact on Maths or English GCSE scores
Pooky Knightsmith looks at the Education Endowment Foundation report on Teacher Observation, which concludes that structured lesson observation programmes have no benefits above existing programmes of...
View ArticleSchool based obesity prevention for 6 and 7 year olds
Alison Tonkin writes her debut elf blog on the WAVES study: a cluster randomised controlled trial looking at the effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools,...
View ArticleThe relationship between instruction time and student performance
Today Muchira Gachenge looks into the impact that more or less instruction time can have on student performance. The post The relationship between instruction time and student performance appeared...
View ArticleWhat do teachers need to support student mental health?
Rachel Symons summarises a qualitative study on teachers' aspirations, needs and opinions regarding student mental health support in secondary schools. The post What do teachers need to support student...
View ArticleA little praise goes a long way, but too much may be harmful
Asha Patel and Sal McKeown summarise a Dutch observational study of parents' praise and children's self-esteem. The research finds that parents’ inflated praise predicted lower self-esteem in children,...
View ArticleMeasuring pupil progress: are we measuring the wrong things?
Rachel Symons summarises the Progress 8 accountability measure and why it's important to consider school and pupil background when interpreting exam results. The post Measuring pupil progress: are we...
View ArticleImproving language development: read, play, discuss
Julia Badger critiques and summarises a recent randomised controlled trial testing the Let's Talk intervention for improving children's language development. The post Improving language development:...
View ArticleA whole-school approach to enhance social, emotional and behavioural development
Julia Badger summarises a review on the effectiveness of interventions adopting a whole-school approach to enhancing social and emotional development. She finds that the evidence supports this...
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